A Gentle Night

A Gentle Night (小城二月 Xiao Cheng Er Yue) is a 2017 Chinese short film written and directed by Qiu Yang.[1] It won the Short Film Palme d'Or at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

A Gentle Night
Poster
Chinese小城二月
Directed byQiu Yang
Screenplay byQiu Yang
StarringLi Shuxian
CinematographyConstanze Schmitt[1]
Edited byCarlo Francisco Manatad[1]
Release date
Running time
15 minutes[1]
CountryChina

Plot

In a nameless small Chinese city, a distressed mother desperately tries to find her missing teenaged daughter throughout the night [4]

The film is set in Changzhou, Jiangsu, China.[5]

Cast
  • Li Shuxian as Cai Zhuo[1]

Reception

The film won the Short Film Palme d'Or at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

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References
  1. "XIAO CHENG ER YUE". Festival de Cannes (in French). Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  2. "小城二月 (2017)". movie.douban.com (in Chinese). douban.com. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  3. "小城二月 (2017)". movie.douban.com (in Chinese). douban.com. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  4. https://whistlerfilmfestival.com/film/gentle-night-xiao-cheng-er-yue/ Archived 2018-06-23 at the Wayback Machine Whistler Film Festiva
  5. Fergus Ryan (29 May 2017). "Qiu Yang Becomes First Chinese Director To Win Short Film Palme d'Or". China Film Insider. Retrieved 11 June 2017.


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